I had a planned c-section with my second. I had a 30 hour, non progressive labor with the first in which I never dilated more than 2 centimeters-after 2 bags of pitocin and having my water broken. It turned out his head was huge and hung up on my hipbone, so he could not rotate into the proper position. There was…

I've read that EVERYTHING contributes to autism.

My experience with my second was exactly the same. She was breech, my first labour had been precipitous and that freaked me out. I didn't want to be birthing a breech baby at home alone with my 2 year old. So I chose the c-section. The anticipation was wonderful - like all the Christmas Eve's in existence rolled up…